LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 2: Chapter 2
1st Pov
Regaining consciousness, I immediately notice a massive difference in how everything feels. If before my thoughts were like watching a YouTube video on a phone at 140p from across the room, now my thoughts felt like watching a YouTube video on the most up to date Tv at 4080p. The huge difference took all my focus as I tried to work my mind around it, my mind was so much better than it used to be. Where previously my thoughts were limited to just my head, now I could feel my thoughts all across my body as if every cell in my body was my brain. Focusing deeper I could feel every process with crystalline clarity, I could feel my cells working and exchanging information all of it constantly available in my brain like the most sophisticated HUD ever made.
Focusing my attention outside of myself, it feels like every cell in my body becomes a eye giving me perfect 360 degree vision at every angle. Shockingly the first thing I see isn't the ground or anything you would typically expect to see, but darkness. Floating in the darkness in the direction I would call forward is a blue sphere dotted with spots of green and white, to the direction I would call left I can see a grey sphere dotted with what looks to be craters, and finally behind me I see a whitish yellow ball of fire.
Shock hits me for a few seconds as I realise what I'm looking at is earth, the moon, and the sun. Realising this, I come to the conclusion I'm in space. Paying more attention to myself I realise my entire form resembles an asteroid, likely due to being part typhon.
'This is probably how Azalea put me into this universe' I think. Shifting my thoughts from my origin I start to think about how I actually plan to get to earth, realising I probably have a while before I can do anything I decide to check my system first.
'System' I say in my head causing a blue screen to appear in my vision.
[ System ]
-Status
-Skills
-Shop
-Quests
-Inventory
-Travel
-Settings
Looking over the menu that appeared in my vision I mentally think 'Status' causing a second menu to appear to the right of the first.
[ Status ]
Name – Morgan
Gender – NA
Species – Chimera (Typhon, Symbiote, Mecha morph, Dragon, Martian)
Age – Physical (?) Soul (18)
Template – Lucy (Movie) (40%)
Lvl – 1 (0/5xp)
Health – 670/670
Energy – 1000/1000
STR – 200 (C)
VIT – 270 (C+)
CON – 400 (B-)
AGI – 150 (C)
DEX – 155 (C)
WIS – 320 (C+)
INT – 680 (B)
SEN – 215 (C+)
LCK – 3560 (A)
Free Points: 0
Looking over the second menu I have a rough understanding of each value but in order not to make a mistake I mentally call out to my system 'System explain each value to me'
Health – Health is the measure of damage you can take before your body suffers injury. Health provides a shield around every aspect of the user until health reaches 0. Health is determined based on VIT +CON x Lvl.
Energy – Energy is the measure of different energies available to the user. Energy is the absolute max energy user can use without suffering damage. Energy is determined based on WIS + INT x Lvl.
STR- Strength is the physical ability the user is able to exert, such as lifting or attacking.
VIT – Vitality is the measure of the users lifeforce and the resistance of the soul and mind.
CON – Constitution is the measure of the physical resistance of the user's body.
AGI – Agility is the measure of the user's speed and agility.
DEX – Dexterity is the measure of the user's dexterity and their ability to interact with objects.
WIS – Wisdom is the measure of the user's wisdom and their ability to determine the optimal solution to situations as well as understand and comprehend new information.
INT – Intelligence is a measure of the user's intelligence and assists in the user's creativity, inventiveness, and memory.
SEN – Senses is a measure of all the users' senses.
LCK – Luck is the measure of the user's ability to defy fate and encounter lucky or beneficial situations.
Finishing looking over the description given by the system I take a moment to ponder the significance of each stat before moving onto the next menu in my system 'Skills'
[ Skills ]
-Matter Manipulation Lvl 1/100
Grade (C-) (Passive/Active)
The user is able to manipulate matter at the molecular level rearranging it into any shape or configuration they can think of. This skill can be levelled up to increase the strength and range.
-Shapeshifting Lvl 1/100
Grade (C) (Passive/Active)
The user is able to shift and reconstruct their body in any shape or configuration they can think of. The user is able to manipulate their body down to the genetic level and change their DNA. This skill can be levelled up to increase its strength and control.
-Psionics Lvl 1/100
Grade (D+) (Passive/Active)
The user is able to manipulate mental energies to exhibit different powers and abilities. This ability can be trained and levelled up to improve the control, power, and cost effectivity of this ability.
-Adapt and Evolve Lvl Max
Grade (EX+) (Passive)
This ability allows the users body to adapt and evolve under any stimulus developing new traits and abilities that ensure their survival.
-Organic Manipulation Lvl 1/100
Grade (C) (Active)
This ability allows the user to merge with and manipulate biological matter, reconfiguring DNA, and organic structures to their liking. This ability is able to level up.
-Technology Manipulation Lvl 1/100
Grade (C) (Active)
This ability allows the user to merge with and manipulate technological constructs, reconfiguring systems, and mechanical structures to their liking. This ability is able to level up.
-Radio wave Manipulation Lvl 1/100
Grade (C) (Passive/Active)
The user is able to interact, read, and manipulate radio waves and similar wavelengths. This ability can level up.
-Dragon Physique Lvl 1/100
Grade (B) (Passive/Active)
This ability gives the user enhanced strength, resilience, magical affinity, and other traits typically to dragons. This ability can level up.
-Slime Body Lvl 1/100
Grade (B) (Passive/Active)
The user's body is a nonnewtonian liquid, every cell can function individually at full capacity. The user is able to manipulate the state of their body at will between liquid and solid. This ability can level up.
-Enhanced Intelligence Lvl 1/100
Grade (B+) (Passive)
All the users' mental capacities are greatly enhanced giving them enhanced psionic abilities and enhancing all base mental stats. This ability can level up.
-Technological Improvement Lvl 1/100
Grade (C+) (Passive)
The user has an innate sense for enhancing technological constructs. This ability can level up.
-Biological Improvement Lvl 1/100
Grade (C+) (Passive)
The user has innate sense for improving and enhancing biological structures and organisms. This ability can level up.
Finishing reading through my skills I must say I'm very happy, Azalea treated me very well. I have a lot of skills all at a good level, I can already think of plenty of plans involving these skills. Looking over my skills a second time I memorise them before opening the next menu 'Shop.' Opening the fourth menu I look through the shop at the different available options. The shop contained blueprints for technology from multiple different game series along with skills and miscellaneous knowledge. Each item in the shop cost a variety of different points ranging from as cheap as 100pts to as expensive as 100,000,000pts. Looking at my points in the top left I see my current balance is 0pts and decide to leave the shop for the moment.
Closing the shop tab, I look back towards the main system menu and the quest tab. Mentally thinking 'Quest' I open the quest menu and see two quests.
[ Quests ]
Newbies first System pt1
-Welcome to your first quest, to get a hang of the system open all the tabs at least once to understand what you're working with.
Objectives: 4/7 completed, Open travel menu, Open settings menu, Open Inventory.
Rewards:
10xp, Newbie gift box, Quest chain
Space?
You're in space, why are you in space?
Objective: Figure out a way down to a planet or moon
Or : Wait until you fall to earth (1,896hours: 53minutes: 16seconds)
Rewards: 1 random rare reward, 10xp, ???
Finished reading through my available quests I decide to get the easiest one done first and look through all my menus. Opening my inventory by thinking 'Inventory' I'm greeted by a screen split into rows with each rowing containing 10 boxes. Looking at the empty boxes I see I wasn't lucky enough to get bonus items, but disregard and scroll through my inventory. After scrolling for multiple minutes, I still haven't seen any signs of an end and assume for now that it's infinite and close my inventory.
Mentally thinking 'travel' I open my sixth menu; this menu was very basic and was split into two parts. The top part of the menu had a heading saying [Visited Worlds] below this heading there was one option shown saying: MCU AU (Current). Next to this option there was two options: Travel, which was greyed out, and Favourite which wasn't. Clicking the favourite button a star appeared next to the MCU AU option and the favourite button was greyed out. Continuing on down the page the bottom half was split into two parts, the top part was a small rectangle with a magnifying glass icon on the left side of the box and some faded words that said, "search bar." Below that the bottom part was blank, so I mentally clicked on the search bar. Clicking on the search bar a keyboard appeared at the bottom of the menu, and, willingly to try it I started mentally typing. Typing DC, the previously blank box was filled with a multitude of different options from: Young justice to Injustice. Next to each option was the same two buttons as the [Visited worlds] section except not blanked out. Not interested in travelling worlds at the moment I closed the travel menu and turned my attention to the settings menu.
Thinking 'Settings' once again a new page popped up, this page didn't have as many details as the previous page, but the general feel from it was adjusting the system settings. Looking through the options I saw Colour blind filter, Subtitles, System notifications and a few other options. Adjusting the settings I turned on the subtitles for direct conversations, I also adjusted the notifications turning off damage numbers, in combat level up prompts and turned on new quest notifications. I also adjusted the visual display of the system to show a minimap, health bar, energy bar, compass, and notification icon.
Saving my settings and closing the page, I receive a new notification:
[Newbies first System pt1 – Completed]
Clicking on the notification the quest menu is automatically pulled up with the quest.
[ Newbies first System pt1 ]
-Welcome to your first quest, to get a hang of the system open all the tabs at least once to understand what you're working with.
Objectives: 6/6 completed
Rewards:
10xp, Newbie gift box, Quest chain
Accept {Y/N}
Mentally clicking the yes option I'm immediately alerted to three new notifications. The first notification is a simple { Level Up! } notification, the second notification indicates there is a new item in my inventory, and the final notification is a new quest.
Starting from the new quest I once again open the quest menu.
[ Quests ]
Newbies first System pt2
Good job completing your first quest, for your second quest you must unlock a new feature of your system.
Objective: Reach Lvl 10
Rewards: ???,???,???
Space?
You're in space, why are you in space?
Objective: Figure out a way down to a planet or moon
Or : Wait until you fall to earth (1,896hours: 41minutes: 42seconds)
Rewards: 1 random rare reward, 10xp, ???
Looking over the new quest I don't see much I can do with it at the moment and instead head to the next notification.
Opening my status, I can see a small change in my stats, with each stat going up 20 points.
[ Status ]
Name – Morgan
Gender – NA
Species – Chimera (Typhon, Symbiote, Mecha morph, Dragon, Martian)
Age – Physical (?) Soul (18)
Template – Lucy (Movie) (40%)
Lvl – 2 (5/10xp)
Health – 1,420/1,420
Energy – 2,080/2,080
STR – 220 (C+) +20
VIT – 290 (C+) +20
CON – 420 (B-) +20
AGI – 170 (C) +20
DEX – 175 (C) +20
WIS – 340 (B-) +20
INT – 700 (B) +20
SEN – 235 (C+) +20
LCK – 3580 (A) +20
Free Points: 0 – 100
Closing my status, I turn to the final notification and open my inventory. In my inventory in the very first box is a 3D picture of an intricately decorated blue and gold box, the box looks to be about 30cm by 20cm by 20cm and has small red gems encrusted around the edges. Clicking the box's icon a new window opens up with the description of the box and below that a button.
[Item : Newbie gift box
Grade: N/A
This box when opened contains five random blueprints or skills]
[Open Y/N]
Mentally clicking Y, the screen briefly flashes before moving into an animation, in the animation the box swings open and five different coloured lights float out, lining up as the box turns into particles and disappears. Of the lights, two are a clear white, one is a vibrant green, one is a lapis blue and the final on is a royal purple. Mentally tapping the lights, they pop in a flash of light before a new screen appears.
[ Congratulations! ]
You've received:
Skill – Basic CQC (Cyberpunk)
Knowledge – Basic Quantum Computing (Fallout)
Technology/Knowledge – Genome Mapping (Horizon)
Skill – Advanced Bio-Engineering (Resident Evil)
Blueprint – Modified Portal Gun (Portal)
[AN: These rewards were random, I set up a random wheel with a bunch of rewards and these were the draws.]
Looking over my rewards I was pumped, as soon as I read the rewards my mind was flooded with new knowledge from basic hand to hand combat techniques to advanced bio engineering capable of making monsters strong enough to require nuclear weapons to deal with. Additionally, the blueprint I received showed that my system is able to give me improved items from different universes, with the plans for the modified portal gun being uploaded right into my mind.
Finally, finished with my system I turned my focus outwards to plan my trip to earth. Looking down at the blue marble floating through the darkness I had only one though. 'Earth here I come.'